Latest update from the Rector with some thoughts on the Lord’s Prayer and resources for prayer at the Prayer Gathering on 12th August https://saintnicholaschurch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/briefing-25-on-11-August-2020.pdf
Commandment #2: You shall not make for yourself an idol… You shall not bow down to them or worship them. For I the LORD am a jealous God… Everybody worships something. It’s what we were made for. The big question is what we will worship. Worship isn’t necessarily what you sing about, or even what or whom you pray to. Worship is…
With all these commandments it is vital to remember that they were given to a people who had already been redeemed, not as a way of making them righteous. The rescue from Egypt had already happened, the people were no longer slaves, but called to be God’s people. These commandments set out how they should live as God’s people, in God’s land,…
Over the last few years I have noticed that when tragedy strikes, people have been quick to identify with the victims as a way of standing with them in solidarity against evil and for freedom. So after the Paris terrorist attacks a few years back, the phrase “je suis Charlie” was everywhere. As ISIS routed the Christians out of Iraq, many on…